By Gerry Czarnecki A great board can be collegial, but not all collegial boards are great. Most directors would much rather go to a board meeting where the relationships among the board members fit the definition of collegial. One primary definition of the word โ โmarked...
By Darcie Lunsford U.S. regulators continue to caution that the nationโs hot market for commercial real estate investments might be overheating. And you donโt have to look much further than the extended period of low interest rates paired with strong investor demandโboth domestically and internationallyโto see the...
The global oil market is awfully hard to move -- even for the president of the United States. The news that Donald Trump was elected to become the 45th president of the United States has a lot of people wondering what that will mean for their...
Akermanโs David Spector prepares to takeover for Andrew Smulian By David Lyons Not long after Akerman LLP, the stateโs largest law firm, moved its Miami offices from the SunTrust International Center to the new, upscale Brickell City Centre, the firm announced a plan for a changing of...
These sectors are seeing dollar signs after Trump surprisingly won the presidency. What can arguably called the craziest election on American soil is officially over. Unfortunately the smoke hasn't quite cleared after Donald Trump was named the president elect. Wall Street had been predicting victory for Democratic...
Students balance full-time jobs with law classes at night By Martin Lenkowsky Many students and graduates of South Floridaโs two part-time law degree programs agree on one thing: They couldnโt have afforded to study law otherwise. Nova Southeastern Universityโs Shepard Broad College of Law and the Florida International...
Seth Rand started at his family business and then founded his own By Martin Lenkowsky Rand Marketing CEO and founder Seth Rand discovered his true business calling while working at his familyโs handbag and purse company in New York. The family-owned business was founded by his grandfather and...
It seems that nearly every tech company is jumping into virtual reality, but the Internet of Things will be transformative across many sectors -- here's which trend could be the best bet for investors. The tech world never pauses to wait for investors to catch up....
Dear Mr. Berko: In November 2008, you told me not to buy Bed Bath & Beyond. It was selling in the low $10s at the time. Well, I bought 300 shares anyway at $18 to help my daughter pay for our grandson's schooling...
Dear Mr. Berko: I'm looking at Swedish mobile phone company Telia, whose shares trade at $7.77. Revenues and earnings are down because of poor earnings in many of the foreign units it's selling. I'm thinking of buying 2,000 shares because the 36-cent dividend...
